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TIMOTHY PATRICK MCGUIRE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 28, 1947 – May 27, 1968
Service recordTimothy Patrick McGuire, of Deerfield, Illinois, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 65W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 65W · Line 12
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- September 28, 1947
- Home of record
- Deerfield, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
78 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 65W, Line 12
- BILLY JOE MCCARTYCorporal · May 27, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL MCKELVEYPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM JAMES MCNAMARALance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- THOMAS HAROLD NERINIPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
From Deerfield
- FRANZ JOSEPH KOLBECKPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- JOSEPH WILLIAM DEROSAPrivate First Class · April 14, 1967
- WILLIAM GREGORY LANDONPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- ROBERT KITTRIDGE VARICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- ROGER ZIMMERMANStaff Sergeant · May 10, 1968
- RALPH LEIGH BLAUVELTPrivate First Class · January 31, 1969
- ALLEN EDWIN OLSONSpecialist Five · February 20, 1969
- WILLIAM ERIC SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.